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"Great Expectations...The Best is Yet to Come"
Kids' Search Engines
http://www.aaamath.com/B/tablcont.htm
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS to help you write better! http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.html http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/graphorg.html
Fun and Interesting!
This site will help you find a book by grade level and interest! http://www.bookadventure.com/ki/bs/ki_bs_helpfind.asp
Houghton Mifflin's own website - featuring the themes for our Communication Arts Program, Legacy of Literacy http://www.eduplace.com/kids
Click on the Just for Kids Graphic!
Great games including Grammar Gorillas for parts of speech and math baseball. Every day, find out what happened in history on that date. Find ou<<Selection in Document>>t what happened on your birthday! http://www.historychannel.com/today/ Database of flags of all countries and states, including basic facts about each place. http://www.flags.net The familiar Weekly Reader is online. Grade-level pages have news, contests, pictures to color, and polls to vote in. Check this week's news and the news in history. http://www.weeklyreader.com A great educational resource for teachers, children, and parents. http://scholastic.com Sports Illustrated for Kids online with sports information. http://www.sikids.com Children 4 and older can check out famous public television characters. This site also offers games, art studio, and printable birthday party invitations. http://www.pbs.org American Memory: documents and historical materials from the past, displayed from the Library of Congress collection. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ammemhome.html
Figure This - some great math practice! http://www.figurethis.org/index.html
"Ask Jeeves for Kids" is a search tool in which you do not have to choose keywords, but you can type a question in plain English. All sites listed are prescreened to make sure that each is appropriate for children: http://www.ajkids.com This will take you to the youth division of the very comprehensive Internet Public Library. http://www.ipl.org/youth/
Berit's Best Sites for Children: a directory of safe, recommended web sites for children up to age 12. Go to "Finding Other Children's Sites" for many more recommendations. http://db.cochran.com/li_toc:theoPage.db The Digital Librarian has searched the web for the best web sites on many subjects. http://www.servtech.com/~mvail The National Geographic web site has a great section called "Map Machine" for maps of all kinds. Also, try the section called "Kids-Features and Fun". http://www.nationalgeographic.com This site will take you to many subject areas. The reference section is very valuable, and every source has designated grade levels. http://www.studyweb.com This site leads to fun, safe, and educational sites. Check out "Cool Spots". http://www.4kids.org Use this site while you study the U.S.A. http://www.50states.com For fun: brain teasers, reading activities, scavenger hunts, word finds, and more. http://www.eduplace.com/kids A children's version of Time magazine http://timeforkids.com Info about REAL tigers... http://www.5tigers.org/talkback/talk.htm
Parent Pages Some great ideas about literacy learning here!
Need some Activities for Summer fun or Rainy Days? http://kids.msn.com/kidz/craftfinder.asp
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